what a great trip!!!
first we went to hatch show print, one of the nations oldest letterpress print shops.
being a music geek and a graphic designer, this place was totally awesome for me.
i purchased a couple of posters and i even got my picture taken by the sign outside.
(pictures to come)
we then went to the opryland hotel where they have really cool indoor gardens. the highlight of this location however, was not the flora but the teenage hootchie mamas with their gigantic hair and pastel gowns.
after the hotel, we hiked over to the opryland mall where i purchased a really cool vintage-looking tin sign of the jack daniels "old no. 7 brand" artwork.
i happened to be wearing a spider-man t-shirt that day and the girl behind the counter mentioned that they had screen-printed spider-man tins as well.
i explained that the no. 7 sign worked better with my bedroom decor, plus the type treatment appealed to me as a designer, plus it was booze-related, "so, win/win/win." i stated.
upon dropping from the shopping, we decided to head over to a local restaurant/microbrewery called "black stone".
i've been wanting to start homebrewing for a while now, and this place allowed you to walk through their brewery. so cool!
the four of us decided to order the sampler platter (?) of all of the restaurants own brews.
we sampled all six in 5 oz glasses. in total there were 24 empty glasses on our table at the end of the night.
i decided to get some of the chaser's pale ale to take home and enjoy later. my, it was tasty!
the next day, we were out with my sister's brother-in-law, his girlfriend and her little sister in the public ministry work.
jenna made a stop at a dairy queen and got a bottle of water and pack of peanuts.
when she got back into the car, i looked at her purchased goods and shouted, a la kung pow, "THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!!!"
with tremendous awe and astonishment, the girls in the back seat both said in unison, "you like kung pow!!!"
"of course! it's one of my favorites." i replied.
the rest of the morning was nothing but kung pow and thumb wars quotes.
i'm in constant amazement over the unifying power of that stupid little movie.
all this, and i got to hang out with my little sister, too!
what a great trip!!!
(check out her blog. hopefully she's updated it.)
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